had been established to relieve the overcrowding of Vienna.  There I remained until the first of November when I was ordered to appear before a mixed commission of army surgeons and senior officers, for a medical examination.  Two weeks later I received formal intimation that I had been pronounced invalid and physically unfit for army duty at the front or at home, and consequently was exempted from further service.  My military experience ended there, and with deep regret I bade good-bye to my loyal brother officers, comrades, and faithful orderly, and discarded my well-beloved uniform for the nondescript garb of the civilian, grateful that I had been permitted to be of any, if ever so little, service to my Fatherland.

The End